It had never been done before, at least not in Georgia. No sprinter had captured the state title in the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes at the same time.

Jacobi Pasley believed he could do it – and the Bradwell Institute junior did just that.

Pasley won the 100-meter dash first, then blistered the field in the 400 and capped his monumental day last Wednesday with winning the 200.

No track athlete in Georgia high school history – not Herschel Walker nor Tyreek Hill nor Maurice Gleaton – had won all three sprints at the state track meet.

The soft-spoken Pasley wasn’t aware that he was accomplishing a first. But he had his sights set on accomplishing the feat anyway.

“It’s definitely a surreal feeling,” he said. “It feels nice.”

Bradwell track coach DeAndre Davis had no doubt Pasley could, and would, win all three events.

“That’s the way we set it up,” he said. “I know coming into state there was no one who could beat him. Once he got through the 100, I said, ‘he’s going to win all three.’”

Pasley took first in the 100 with a time of 10.52 seconds, with Villa Rica’s Dayshawn Lagarde taking second at 10.67 seconds.

“It was a big relief,” he said.

With the first step out of the way, though, Pasley thought to himself there was no stopping him.

“It was over,” he said. “I got this.”

He roared past Alexander’s Justyn McKenzie to take the 400 at 46.57 seconds. McKenzie, one of three Cougars in the finals, finished at 47.09.

Pasley’s time was one of the 15 best in the nation this year, and it was .2 of a second off the best mark of all-time at the Class 5A meet.

At the 250-meter mark, Pasley thought his competitors were too close, “and I’m not even running,” he said.

Pasley nearly ran afoul of the lane marker, coming close to stepping out of his lane. He realized quickly how close he was to the line.

“So I scooted into my lane a little bit,” he said.

He clipped Bryson Harris of Langston Hughes to win the 200, finishing in 21.35 seconds, .08 seconds in front.

“It was a big relief,” he said. “When I got out of the block, my legs were a little tired, but I pushed through.”

Davis praised Pasley for more than his abilities on the track.

“He’s very respectful and he does whatever you ask him to do,” Davis said. “If I said, ‘Jacobi, go run the mile,’ he’ll go run the mile. He can run from the 100 to the two-mile. He’s just that versatile.”

The 200, Pasley said, is his favorite of the events.

“You’ll really see who’s good at the sport,” he said.

His day wasn’t done, either. Pasley and his BI 4x400 teammates finished fourth in that relay with a time of 3:16.98. That finish gave Bradwell 35 points in the team standings, good enough for third overall. Alexander won the state team title with 82 points, and Langston Hughes was second with 78.

Pasley has committed to play football at West Virginia, which does not have a track team. He was an all-region first team pick following the 2025 season.

Football is his first love.

“It’s my first sport,” he said.

Pasley started running track in the recreation department and got serious about it during his freshman season. He has a summer full of football camps and some national track meets.

When he finally picked up his phone after Wednesday’s state track meet, he had 83 messages and 100 Instagram messages. Reading and returning them helped pass the time on the bus ride home from Athens.

When he can, Pasley is honing his skills on the track, even during the breaks in the school calendar and during holidays.

“I put in a lot of work,” he said. “Even when I’m not in track season, I’ll put the spikes on and get some work done.”

Coach Davis acknowledged how much work his pupil, the third of his track runners to achieve the high point award at the state meet, puts in.

“He works hard,” he said. “He gets his mind right. He comes to a track meet and he has a certain way to warm up and I just let him go. He works harder than anybody I know. I don’t think he understands his full potential.”

His lone loss in the 100 this year came at the MTFXCCGA meet at McEachern High School, where Ja’ree Williams of the host school posted a 10.45 to edge Pasley at the wire. Pasley won the 200 at that meet, turning the tables on Williams.

Just a junior, Pasley is looking forward to defending his triple crowns.

“Yes sir,” he said. “Most definitely.”